will start a town hall in south carolina. while he s on the east coast, many of his 2020 democratic rivals are turning their attention to nevada speaking at the aflcio constitutional convention in las vegas today. biden is skipping that stage to focus on healthcare and also fortifying his coalition of african-american supporters in the palmetto state. this is a live look there. that was part istonburg, south carolina, and that s where nbc road warrior garrett haake is. he is in spartan city. also from msnbc contributor john ralston and the washington post jonathan is back with me as well. garrett, let me start with you, biden focusing on healthcare today. what has been his message to voters there so far as you ve seen? reporter: look, biden is doubling, tripling down on the idea that he will build upon and
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the interview comes on a day when biden is singularly focussed on iowa. and road warrior garrett haake is in hawaii where the former vice president is going to take the stage in about an hour. we said he s at the top of all the polls. on the other hand, he s been dropping in the polls, most of the polls since the debate. let s start with that. what did he have to say about his performance in the nbc debate? reporter: well, chris, so much of this race and particularly the way joe biden has run it has been on strength and the perception of strength. the idea that he is singularly well fitted to take on donald trump in a general election. but a lot of people looked at that debate performance, particularly the back and forth with kamala harris as a bit shaky. to me the most interesting part of that interview this morning was biden pushing back on the idea that he might have a glass jaw in the debate stage. watch how he dealt with these questions. i realize that some have concluded that
they like it better or join this plan. msnbc s road warrior garrett haake will have a front row seat live in iowa where biden will hold his event this afternoon. how does joe biden plan to sell his healthcare plan to voters there? he has to walk the line. he was obama s v.p. reporter: that s right, steph. he is largely selling it as an expansion of obama care saying that we re going to start with obama care and build from there. we re seeing this roll out in real time. this is the third major policy rollout from joe biden i ve covered. it is by far the most focused. last night he previewed it for aarp members in the des moines area, older voters talking about the importance of medicare, shoring up social security, linking it with healthcare. you saw the national tv sitdown interview with mika brzezinski on morning joe and this afternoon he ll be demoing the plan in front of voters probably less likely to wake up and turn on morning joe. we are in western iowa, carroll